By Charles Hall<img width="1024" height="468" src="https://ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/ECE_8658-1024x468.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="" loading="lazy" srcset="https://ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/ECE_8658-1024x468.jpg 1024w, https://ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/ECE_8658-452x207.jpg 452w, https://ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/ECE_8658-768x351.jpg 768w, https://ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/ECE_8658-1080x494.jpg 1080w, https://ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/ECE_8658.jpg 2000w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px">Irwin Holmes, NC State's first black graduate, with a degree in electrical engineering will be honored for his perseverance and dedication to the university when the University College Commons is renamed Holmes Hall.